Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England / Ryan J. Stark.

Author/creator Stark, Ryan J.
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Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press,
Descriptionvii, 234 p. ; 23 cm.
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Spine title Rhetoric, science, and magic in seventeenth-century England
Contents Introduction: the new plainness -- Charmed and plain tropes -- Language reform in the late seventeenth century -- Natural magic -- Demonic eloquence -- Meric Casaubon on rhetorical enthusiasm -- John Dryden, new philosophy, and rhetoric -- Conclusion: the importance of philosophy of rhetoric.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index.
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LCCN 2008038128
ISBN9780813215785 (cloth : alk. paper)
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